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Herbert Smith bolsters Moscow capital markets
Herbert Smith has hired a senior lawyer from Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital as a partner in its Moscow office.
Evgeny Zelensky was executive director and co-head of legal and compliance at the bank, which specialises in emerging markets, until June this year.
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...Legal Week Lunchbox: 08/09/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
Taylor Wessing partner dispute comes to a head
Career Clinic: Can I avoid work that is against my principles?
Thirty-three jobs under threat in Eversheds redundancy consultation
Career Clinic Video Q&... Read More
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Bird & Bird secures quadruple CEE launch
Bird & Bird has significantly boosted its presence in Central and Eastern Europe with the launch of four offices - opening simultaneously in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The office launches follow the May hire of ex-Linklaters partner Stephen Kines to ... Read More
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A&O, Addleshaws lead on Nationwide takeovers
Allen & Overy and Addleshaw Goddard have taken the lead roles on Nationwide's takeovers of Derbyshire and Cheshire building societies.
The two smaller rivals of Nationwide have been forced into loss by credit defaults in the near-prime and sub-prime mortgage and loan portf... Read More
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A&O powers up Middle East with 20-lawyer switch
Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to move 20 lawyers to the firm's Middle East offices as part of an initiative to grow the firm's international presence.
Six partners and 14 associates are set to relocate to the firm's Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh offices in a move to boost A... Read More
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CC confirms Charlton as new Asia managing partner
Clifford Chance's (CC) global head of corporate, Peter Charlton, has been voted in as the firm's new Asia managing partner.
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Proskauer secures Asia launch with Heller China team
Proskauer Rose has secured its long-awaited Asia launch after hiring a two-partner team in Beijing from Heller Ehrman, including chief representative partner Joseph Cha, Legal Week can reveal.
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Legal profession snubbed on London advisory body
The Mayor of London's decision to not appoint an active legal professional to a new business advisory body has been met with disappointment by the legal community.
Boris Johnson's (pictured) International Business Advisory Council for London (IBAC London) features busines... Read More
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Bingham recruits bankruptcy leader in New York
Bingham McCutchen has recruited a global bankruptcy practice co-leader from Schulte Roth & Zabel, reports The New York Law Journal.
Jeffrey Sabin, who will join Bingham's New York office, has represented creditors' committees or bondholders' committees in major bankruptcie... Read More
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Apple to settle backdating case for $14m
Apple and several of its officers and directors, including chief executive Steve Jobs, have agreed to settle a stock options backdating case for $14m (£8m), plus legal fees and costs, reports The National Law Journal.
According to court filings this month, Apple also agreed to pay $7.3... Read More
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Senior lawyers land roles on Govt policy group
Simmons & Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins (pictured) and Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne are among a raft of senior lawyers appointed to the government's newly-created group of professional services champions.
The new group, which is intended to help ... Read More
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Lawyers left off non-EU skilled worker list
England has enough lawyers - according to a new list of jobs, put to the Government yesterday, that should be filled with skilled workers from outside the EU.
Lawyers have missed out on a place on the recommended list of shortage occupations presented to the Home Office yester... Read More
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Bear Stearns legal veteran takes new job
Barbara Bishop, previously senior New York legal director at Bear Stearns, has been appointed as general counsel at financial services firm Pali Holdings. Bishop spent 23 years with Bear Stearns, which was bought by JP Morgan earlier this year, and was senior managing director in legal and... Read More
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DLA Piper scores with CC partner hire for Italy
DLA Piper has hired a new partner in Italy, bringing in a senior associate from Clifford Chance (CC) in Milan for its white-collar crime practice. Domenico Aiello will work closely with DLA's litigation and regulatory location head Stefano Modenesi. Modenesi said: "Recent legislation significantly... Read More
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Nabarro recruits A&O counsel for competition
Nabarro has hired Brian Sher as a partner in its London EU and competition practice. Sher will join from Allen & Overy where he is a counsel in the antitrust group. Nabarro has also hired Beachcroft partner Chris Horsfield as a partner in the dispute resolution team in Sheffield. Horsfield was... Read More
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Suttie is new HR director for Reed Smith
Reed Smith has appointed a new human resources (HR) director to look after the firm's European and Middle East offices. Alison Suttie joined the firm this month after a nine-month role advising on HR strategies and operations. She is based in Reed Smith's London office and will lead a team of 18,... Read More
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Slaughters, Lovells and A&O advise on £1bn Cable & Wireless bulk annuity deal
Slaughter and May, Lovells and Allen & Overy (A&O) have won lead advisory roles on a £1bn bulk annuity deal between Cable & Wireless and Prudential, thought to be the biggest of its kind in the UK to date.
The deal saw the trustees of the Cable & Wireless Superannuation... Read More
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DLA Piper boosts Middle East with partner promotions
DLA Piper made its first ever mid-year partner promotions last month, making up seven lawyers in the United Arab Emirates.
The promotions take the number of partners in the firm's United Arab Emirates offices to 31, with each of its key practice areas represented in the lates... Read More
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...Legal Week Lunchbox: 11/09/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
Field Fisher faces age discrimination dispute
BLP set for Mid East with Abu Dhabi launch
SRA to fast-track regime for non-lawyer partners
Lawyers wary despite TNK-BP deal
Quinn Emanuel lands ref... Read More
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Swedish leaders cry foul as local Bar snubs conflicts reform agenda
The Swedish Bar Association has backtracked on its proposals to relax the regulations governing controlled auctions by allowing law firms to represent more than one bidder in an auction.
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CC seeks corporate head as Charlton shifts to Asia
Clifford Chance (CC) is kicking off an election for a new head of corporate following current corporate chief Peter Charlton's appointment as head of Asia.
Highly-regarded corporate partner Matthew Layton is thought to be a contender for the post, which is set to be decided within the ... Read More
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Harris prepares for battle as Seisler joins in Lovells leadership election
Lovells is gearing up for a series of leadership elections as David Harris battles to secure a second term as managing partner and four of the firm's international executive team come up for election.
Continental Europe managing partner Harald Seisler last week emerged as Harris's main... Read More
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Wragges picks up HBJ chairman as partner
Wragge & Co has hired HBJ Gateley Wareing chairman Bijan Sedghi as a corporate partner.
Sedghi is expected to join the Birmingham-based law firm at the end of November after officially leaving his post at HBJ on 31 October.
Sedghi joins Wragges two years into a three-year t... Read More
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Camerons reconsiders management structure and looks for external talent
CMS Cameron McKenna is set to revamp its management and is considering recruiting externally for a new operations position as part of a raft of changes being considered by new managing partner Duncan Weston.
The City firm is reviewing the job descriptions for both of its two main manag... Read More
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Lawyers wary despite TNK-BP deal
BP has resolved its dispute with Russian shareholders of its TNK-BP joint venture, signing a memorandum of understanding last week (4 September) that will result in embattled chief executive Bob Dudley stepping down before the end of the year.
Partners in Moscow have warned that... Read More
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SRA to fast-track regime for non-lawyer partners
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is gearing up to accept applications for non-lawyer partners within law firms ahead of schedule as the body moves to usher in the next round of reforms under the Legal Services Act (LSA).
The SRA is hoping to accept applications for Legal Disci... Read More
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Eversheds appoints Hughes as chief exec
Eversheds UK managing partner Bryan Hughes has been formally appointed as the firm's next chief executive.
Hughes will replace David Gray in the role after standing uncontested.
The appointment was announced internally yesterday (10 September), and will see Hughes step up to l... Read More
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Field Fisher faces age discrimination dispute
Field Fisher Waterhouse is facing an employment tribunal after an equity partner launched a claim against the firm.
The firm's head of trademark and brand protection, John Olsen, issued a claim of harassment and age discrimination with the London Central employment tribunal on 28 July.... Read More
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DLA adds new member to international board
DLA Piper has finalised changes to its international board, with Russia and CIS managing partner Constantine Lusignan-Rizhinashvili elected to the management team as a new member.
He was voted in last Friday (5 September) ahead of London-based joint head of international arbit... Read More
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...Legal Week Lunchbox: 12/09/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
Field Fisher faces age discrimination dispute
Career Clinic: Is part-time a possibility?
Norton Rose hires DLA Italy private equity chief
Olswang cancels Xmas bonus in cost-cutting drive
DLA add... Read More
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